Wednesday, 19 October 2011

I`ve read many articles about useful apps for Apple products so far and there are several apps I use in my iPhone that are rarely featured. So I decided to publish my own list.I have focused mainly on free apps although there are a few paid ones that are worth it. I have left out dictionaries since there are many options and probably deserve a post of their own.All the apps reviewed here are available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

This app is an interactive vocabulary notebook for language learners. You can browse preloaded flashcards of the most important words in the English
language. Each flashcard contains pictures, sounds, example sentences,
translations and notes to help you remember.

This version does not contain any translations but you can enter your
own translations by editing the words. Regional language versions are
available for: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Arabic.
• Free
• Language: English

Conversation English is an app for anyone learning English. There are 20
complete Conversation English Lessons that include 200 common English
Idioms and Expressions and help you develop your Listening and Speaking
Skills.
• $4.99
• Language: English

This app presents phrasal verbs in different categories. You need to
solve the category puzzle first and as you do, the phrasal verbs are
added to the dictionary section, where you can read the definition. Although it looks a bit difficult, a newer version is being developed to provide more help with solving the puzzles.
• £0.99
• Language: English

Hold your iPhone in front of your mouth and talk, shout, laugh, scream or sing to get the mouth of your choice to animate in time with the sounds you make. There`s a lite version with one free mouth.• $0.99• Language: English

This app is an easy way to turn your images into custom slideshow movies. The lite version has some restrictions in the number of pictures allowed and maximum recording time of 10 minutes.• Free/ $2.99• Language: English

Sunday, 16 October 2011

This my contribution to the topic of FOOD in education. I have put together some interesting interactive resources related to food and nutrition. Click on the images to go to the websites.

Nutrition

This is the USDA website with a few interactive resources to explore nutrition issues.

This is a collection of nutrition related games for children.

A collection of interactive tools related to nutrition by the USDA

Interactive Nutrition Label and Quiz by Health Canada

Sustainability

This is an interesting article about the sustainable table with an option to find out what's fresh and ripe where you live in the US. Great if you live in the US but useful too for other countries to discuss this issue.

A similar tool is this interactive US map that shows seasonal ingredients

These are just a few tools to get you started in the discussion of food related issues. Hope you have found something useful!